Cold cuts

Eastside Road, July 28, 2010 —

NO, THEY ARE NOT the unkindest cuts of all, cold cuts. When I was a kid they were called "lunch meat," and God knows what they might have involved. Today, though, they were Fra Mani's Toscana and two different mortadellas: one imported, the other from Zoe's Meats in, I think, Petaluma. With these, four cheeses: Brie, Manchego, Comté, and Bleu d'Auvergne.

Yes: a friend had driven up to visit; it was a lovely afternoon; we drove in to Healdsburg for provisions — our usual cheese shop is closed on Wednesdays, so we got all this at Big John's, for my money Healdsburg's best one-stop supermarket. Oh: and a loaf of bread and a couple of focaccias from Downtown Bakery & Creamery.

Cheap Pinot grigio

We'd thought to have the remaining half of yesterday's tortilla, too, but it would have been excessive. Instead we had it with a green salad for supper. Life is good.